How to create matrix in MATLAB from an array?

How to create a matrix quickly, for example, from a consecutive sequence, like what R does?

matrix(1:12, 3, 4)

It seems doltish to input all the entries one-by-one.

Answer 1

[Andrei Bobrov]

reshape(1:12, 3, [])

[Stephen23]

or quite possibly:

reshape(1:12,[],3).'